Findings from two new studies on river blindness in Sudan and Uganda offer public health officials evidence to shape strategies to fight the debilitating parasitic disease. Read more »

Human Rights Watch has condemned police raid of the Daily Monitor newspaper and radio station over an article published alleging the succession plot of President Yoweri Museveni's ... Read more »

Despite recent comments by the prime minister that the country may withdraw its troops from Somalia, Ethiopia has a vested interest in Somalia's success, writes William Loyd George ... Read more »

Ugandan Radio and Weasel, Nigerian 2Face and Ice Prince, South African Donald and Toya Delazy and Ghananian R2Bees have been nominated for the Best International Act in Africa at ... Read more »

The country has introduced the low priced GAVI-supported Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine to protect school girls against cervical cancer. Read more »

Vaccine scares have emerged as a major challenge to global efforts to eliminate preventable diseases, with rumours and conspiracy theories proliferating faster than health ... Read more »

In disclosing in the New York Times on Tuesday that she underwent a double mastectomy, actress and humanitarian Angelina Jolie also called attention to the many women in developing ... Read more »

Hospitals across the continent are adopting Kangaroo Mother Care to help curb high mortality rates for preterm infants. The technique emphasizes skin-to-skin contact between ... Read more »

Renowned music star and former Big Brother Africa contestant Miriam 'Mampi' Mukapa put up a lukewarm performance that left fans disappointed at Zimbabwe's independence celebration ... Read more »

Martin Angume will be laid to rest in Kayunga District after battling a number of ailments. Read more »